Re: Exercise: Spanish dictation exercise SOPHIA OF GREECE AND DENMARK (A1)Re: Exercise: Spanish dictation exercise
SOPHIA OF GREECE
AND DENMARK (A1)
Line: Doña Sofía
habla 5 idiomas;
1) This is not pertaining specifically to this section, but
it brought up something that I have been noticing: that the “s” has a tendency
to be dropped, whether in real life, or songs, etc
I am French from Quebec, and in French,
the “s’s” are silent for the most part. I have a feeling Spanish is moving
towards that, whether acceptable grammaticaly, or not; by the powers that be J
My question is, what are the “rules” or guidelines for when
to make the “s” silent (or skipped).
2) Also, is there a rule where numbers would be written in
numerals or in script?
I wrote “cinco” but it was corrected to “5”
3) Also, Kwizbot added a semi-colon at the end of this
section, other times I put in a comma, and it strikes it, other times I don’t
and there’s a comma. Notwithstanding
that, it’s a bit difficult to know from the audio. (I’m not faulting that, just a note, but I
appreciate the fact that it’s noted, as that is a good way to learnJ)
I did a search on your site for lessons in “punctuation”
but didn’t find any. Could you direct me
to any?
Sorry about all these questions, these quizzes really get
me thinking, and I think that’s a good thing. J
Thank you for being there and your patience with us
learnersJ
Nicole
"El descuento está a 20% (ahora)". Is this a correct way to use this kind of costruct?
Thank you as always!
La Kwiziq FAQ me dice que puedo "kwiz" un tema tanto"s veces que quiero si está en mi "notebook." He encontrado que si toma un "kwiz" y lo falla, cuando quiero tomarlo otra vez dice "You took this Kwiz XXX hours, XX minutes ago.
This lesson is already in your notebook. Go to your notebook now to kwiz this topic as many times as you like.
Puedo hacer cliq en "my notebook" y encontrar la lección que quiero estudiar y kwiz más. Pero dice lo mismo al fondo - que ya he tomado el Kwiz y tengo que ir a mi notebook si quiera kwiz otra vez. Excepto ya estoy en mi notebook. ¿Qué pasa? ¡Gracias!
When I tried to take the quiz, the questions were posed in English. Consequently I got zero However, when I looked at the details correct/incorrect responses, these were presented in Spanish.
Hola Señora,
Dónde tenemos que usar SOBRE y EN por ON en español.
The quiz translated this as "She is looking forward to starting her trip to Honduras." Wouldn't that be "Ella está deseando empezar su viaje a Honduras."?
This seems like a useful phrase! A few questions...
• How common is it in Spanish?
• I guess we could just as easily use nouns like 'fracaso', 'dificultad' etc?
• It's similar to 'meet with success' in English of course, but would it be totally wrong to use 'con' in Spanish?
• And, does the noun usually carry the article? (conoce el éxito)
Saludos
Regarding the examples below, why is the subjunctive used rather than the imperative?
No cierres la ventana por favor, tengo calor.
Don't close the window please, I am hot.
Señores, cierren las carpetas ahora.
Gentlemen, close your folders now.
Thank you, James
I'm failing to see why 'aquel' was marked incorrect in the test question about my parents visiting that village. The sentence doesn't state or imply any distance, so surely either aquel or ese should be acceptable.
Re: Exercise: Spanish dictation exercise
SOPHIA OF GREECE AND DENMARK (A1)
Line: Doña Sofía habla 5 idiomas;
1) This is not pertaining specifically to this section, but it brought up something that I have been noticing: that the “s” has a tendency to be dropped, whether in real life, or songs, etc
I am French from Quebec, and in French, the “s’s” are silent for the most part. I have a feeling Spanish is moving towards that, whether acceptable grammaticaly, or not; by the powers that be J
My question is, what are the “rules” or guidelines for when to make the “s” silent (or skipped).
2) Also, is there a rule where numbers would be written in numerals or in script?
I wrote “cinco” but it was corrected to “5”
3) Also, Kwizbot added a semi-colon at the end of this section, other times I put in a comma, and it strikes it, other times I don’t and there’s a comma. Notwithstanding that, it’s a bit difficult to know from the audio. (I’m not faulting that, just a note, but I appreciate the fact that it’s noted, as that is a good way to learnJ)
I did a search on your site for lessons in “punctuation” but didn’t find any. Could you direct me to any?
Sorry about all these questions, these quizzes really get me thinking, and I think that’s a good thing. J
Thank you for being there and your patience with us learnersJ
Nicole
Hello, I appreciate the speed at which these exercises are read; it allows me to follow along and train my ears to pickup words during PURE listening.
Question: my weakest skill is listening comprehension during a conversational speech at a standard rate. What tips do you advise me to understand better native speakers speaking at normal speed?
Thank you for your anticipated answer and this resource
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